Barack Obama is projectedto to be the winner of South Carolina Democratic Primary. The exit polls from South Carolina show that Obama may be the winner with 54% of the votes.
Presently Barack Obama has 152,600 votes, which are the 54% of South Carolina Primary polls.
From the AP, a sampling of the exit polls:
Given three choices, half the voters said the economy was the most important issue facing the country — up from 38 percent in the only other competitive Democratic primary to date, in New Hampshire on Jan. 8. About a quarter picked health care, comparable to New Hampshire. Only about one in five picked Iraq, down from 27 percent in New Hampshire.
This isn't really a surprise, given that South Carolina has been bleeding jobs, with a 5.8% unemployment rate (higher than the national average of 5%).
As in New Hampshire, three in four Barack Obama voters said the most important quality in a candidate is that he can bring about needed change. Four in 10 Hillary Rodham Clinton voters said their priority was that a candidate has the right experience while nearly three in 10 picked change. As usual, John Edwards scored highest on empathy — at least half his voters said it was most important that the candidate "cares about people like me." Few voters said the candidate's electability was their top priority.
Nothing too suprising here either, as it fits right into the change vs. experience media narrative.
Asked whether their candidate's positions on issues or leadership and personal qualities were more important to their vote, six in 10 said issues.
Look at that. Voters actually care about the issues. Hey, Villagers, can we stop talking about how cold/cuddly the candidates are and get to, you now, actually talking about policy? Thanks.
Three in four voters said the country is ready to elect a black president and about as many said that about a woman. Somewhat more Clinton voters said the country is not ready to elect a black than Obama voters said the country wasn't ready to elect a female president.
The demographics of the electorate should make the interpretation of this statement quite interesting. But overall, it's clear South Carolina voters don't think "electability" of a female or black candidate is an issue.
After the contentious Democratic debate Monday night, three in four Obama voters said Clinton had attacked Obama unfairly and slightly fewer than half accused their own candidate of attacking Clinton unfairly. Two-thirds of Clinton voters said Obama attacked her unfairly and nearly as many said she attacked him unfairly. Edwards voters were more likely than either of the other candidates' supporters to say both Clinton and Obama attacked each other unfairly.
At the debate, and in campaigning afterwards, Edwards argued he was above the fray, and that message obviously resonated with his supporters.
Roughly four out of five voters would be satisfied if Clinton or Obama wins the Democratic nomination. Slightly more Clinton voters would be dissatisfied with Obama than vice-versa.
Slightly more Obama voters say Clinton would be more likely to be the eventual Democratic nominee than vice-versa.
Again, I'd love to dive into the detailed numbers (patience, patience). Still, having about 75% of voters satisfied with either Obama or Clinton bodes well for us in November.
Source: Via Daily Kos
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